Bristol Minister Named By Baptists to State Post
The Rev. John R. Burbank, pastor of First Baptist Church in Bristol, was named minister of Christian education for Vermont, effective Jan. 1, by the Vermont Baptist State Convention trustees and directors. A native Vermonter and Navy Reserve chaplain, he led Bristol’s church budget growth from 9,300 to 15,000 and oversaw major renovations to the meetinghouse and parsonage. He is a Bethel College and Bethel Theological Seminary graduate and has been active in community and denominational work.
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Bristol
John R. Burbank
First Baptist Church
Vermont
Vermont Baptist State Convention
Gove Hill
Burbank
Bethel College
Bethel Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Bethel
Navy
Chamber of Commerce
Tol
The
Jaycees
Department of
Evangelism and Mission
Convention
Gove Hill Christian Camp
Vermont Baptist Ministries
Lois Hanson
Starksboro
Sonja
Nathan
Wrong Verdict Shocks Jury Acquittal Reversed
Denver UPI report says a jury acquitted Evelyn Grace Cloud of passing a fraudulent money order, then expressed doubt and returned a guilty verdict on a second form. Jury foreman protested the initial result as clerk read the fresh verdict amid confusion.
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Denver
UPI
U.S. District Court
Adam Stibrich
Evelyn Grace Cloud
Marvin Weybright
Ecumenical Unit Plans First General Assembly
Burlington Vermont will host the first general assembly of the Vermont Ecumenical Council and Bible Society Inc a merger formed last year. Delegates from multiple denominations will discuss church strategy for the 1970s hear reports adopt a budget and conduct council business as Father Russell Ellis notes potential major ecumenical breakthroughs from unjoined denominations.
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Burlington
Vermont Ecumenical Council and Bible Society, Inc
Vermont Council of Churches
Vermont Bible Society
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Howard O. Stearns
Stearns
The
Assembly
Vermont
Ellis
Sesame Street to debut on NET as 130 hour course
The 130 hour preschool series Sesame Street will begin November 10 on National Educational Television. It is an hour daily for 26 weeks, budgeted at 8 million dollars, airing on about 165 stations. Produced by the Children's Television Workshop, it is sponsored by the Office of Education, Carnegie Corp, Ford Foundation and others. NBC will preview a 30 minute segment on November 8 titled This Way to Sesame Street. The program uses puppets, animation, live action and celebrity guests to teach letters numbers shapes and problem solving to about 12 million preschoolers.
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Hollywood
UPI
The
Children’s Television Workshop
U.S. Office of Education
Carnegie Corp
Ford Foundation
Nbc-Tv
Xerox Corp
Joan Canz Cooney
Carol Burnett
James Earl Jones
Burt Lancaster
Vermont Episcopalians Pledge $2 000 For Minorities Economic Development
The Episcopal Church in Vermont will raise at least $2,000 from parishioner offerings to support the national program for Black economic development and similar work with American Indians and Eskimos. The Diocese of Vermont approved the pledge at its October 21 meeting in Burlington, with funds to be kept separate and forwarded to the national church early in 1970.
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Vermont Episcopalians
Rutland
Episcopal Church
Vermont
National Church
Episcopal Church In
United States
South Bend
Ind
Diocese of
Burlington
Harvey D. Butterfield
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Manchester Center
Bennington Ford
Main Street
Bennington, VT
Czechs
Tribune
Prague
Czechoslovakia
United Nations Security Council
Communist Party
Alexander Dub‘k
Russlovak
Aes
the Independent
Benningtoys
Steve Canyon
By Charles M. Schultz
Blondie
B.C
Milton Caniff
Chic Young
Johnny Hart
Snif
Heart of
Juliet Jones
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